Pickles don’t have to take days or weeks to make at home.  With the right pickling liquid recipe and thinly sliced vegetables you can make what chefs refer to as a “quick pickle.” Quick pickles develop a lot of flavor in just hours, and get even better as time goes by.  Below you’ll find our …

More of a technique than a recipe, here’s the method we use for marinating red meat in oil. This recipe works particularly well for Kobe beef, grassfed beef, and beef-like game meats like bison, ostrich meat and kangaroo meat.  Pretty much any meat cut can be marinated, though skirt steaks & flank steaks absorb marinades …

Saffron Threads vs. Saffron Powder Saffron threads are easy to count out, easier to judge for quality at a glance, and can look very pretty in the finished dish, so most pro chefs prefer them. Saffron powder, on the other hand, doesn’t need to be pre-steeped and takes up less space, making it popular with some …

Pasilla Hot Chocolate with Vanilla Bean Whipped Cream Any variety of bulk dried chilies (consult our chile heat scale for help deciding) can be used to make this hot chocolate (although you’ll likely want to change the amounts to fit the chile heat you’re looking for).  Here we’ve used mild pasilla chilies for a fruity …

No need to wait for St. Patty’s Day, you can enjoy this upgraded, vanilla-centric Irish Coffee year round. Vanilla-holic Irish Coffee 2 premium vanilla beans—one for infusing the whiskey, and one for the whipped cream (I used Tahitian vanilla beans) 1 pint Irish whiskey infused with vanilla bean 4 teaspoons of demerara sugar 1 cup …

Ingredients: (makes one 3.5oz drink) 2 1/2oz of good quality Bourbon (we recommend a sweeter variety) 1oz Orange & Anise Brandy  (Good Quality Brandy, Star Anise, Orange Peel) ½ of a Szechuan Button bud 1 Star Anise (for garnish) Ice Directions: 1. Steep the star anise and orange peel in good quality brandy for at least …

The 21 challengers who advanced to the 2nd round of the Ridiculously Delicious Challenge have proven that they are just that:  Ridiculously Delicious.   We sent each challenger a box containing a free sample of each of the following: Grains of Paradise, Szechuan Peppercorns, Dried Tepin Peppers, Juniper Berries, Coconut Sugar, Dried Tart Cherries, Iranian Saffron Threads & Dill …

Galya of Eat Love & Train shares the below recipe with us.  Ever health conscious, she’s used intensely flavorful ingredients to get maximum satisfaction from these little goodies while including the least amount of sugar (and guilt). —— A couple of months ago, Marx Foods asked their fan bloggers to choose three ingredients and cook something with …

Figuette is fig-based fruit drink made by steeping dried fruit rather than juicing or pureeing it. You could consider it a sort of iced fruit tisane made without using any heat.  Because figs are some of the more heavy and strongly flavored dried fruits, figuettes are definitely sipping drinks, but they can be quite refreshing …

Actually a liquid custard made on the stove top, crème anglaise is a classic, ubiquitous dessert cream sauce.  Here we’ve added cardamom, which gives it a more complex flavor without interfering too much with its adaptability. Ingredients: 1 cup Whole Milk         2 Egg Yolks 2 ¼ tbsp (1 oz) Granulated Sugar or Evaporated Cane Juice …